Conference: Travel Grant Program for the 15th International Biophysics Congress, to be held in Montpellier, France from August 27- September 1, 2005.

国际纯粹与应用生物物理联合会（IUPAB）美国国家委员会和生物物理学会联合发起了一项旅行资助计划，以支持美国生物物理学研究生，博士后研究员和早期职业科学家参加IUPAB第15届国际生物物理大会和欧洲生物物理学会协会第5届大会联合会议的科学计划。会议将于2005年8月27日至9月1日在法国蒙彼利埃http://worldbiophysics2005.sfbiophys.org/举行。这项旅行资助为年轻科学家提供了在国际论坛上展示他们的研究并了解生物物理学重要新进展的机会，他们中的许多人没有机构资助进行这种旅行。此次大会将包括全体会议、专题讨论会、论文讨论会、海报讨论会等，预计将吸引1000多名科学家参加。将向处于职业生涯早期阶段的调查人员提供旅费补助。旅行资助计划的公告将于2005年1月发送给生物物理系，并刊登在社会通讯和网页上。美国国家委员会将根据提交的摘要的科学价值、候选人的出版历史以及参与其他研究会议或与法国之行相关的活动的计划对申请进行评估和排名。将特别注意纳入传统上代表人数不足的群体的受赠人。将考虑来自生物物理学各个领域的研究人员，从分子水平到集成系统和生物体。智力价值国际大会为年轻的研究者提供了一个独特的教育经验，可以对他们的研究生涯产生持久的影响，包括国际合作的可能性。该会议为科学家提供了一个论坛，让他们与在相同或相关领域工作的外国同事见面，从而建立工作关系和终身的科学互动。演讲者的范围从早期职业科学家到领先的研究人员，他们不仅有机会向多国听众展示他们的研究，而且还扩大了他们的国际网络。通过这项旅行资助计划，年轻的研究人员将有机会听取杰出的国际科学家讨论生物物理学领域的最新研究，并在非正式的环境中与他们互动。更广泛的影响国际大会还为青年科学家提供了关于国际上（包括发展中国家）正在进行的研究以及世界范围内生物物理学研究的影响的不同观点。这项旅行资助计划所产生的互动预计将促进国际合作和思想交流，带来难以孤立实现的科学进步。

The U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) and the Biophysical Society are jointly sponsoring a travel grant program to support international travel for U.S. biophysics graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career scientists to participate in the scientific program of the combined meeting of the 15th International Biophysics Congress of IUPAB and the 5th Congress of the European Biophysical Societies' Association. The meeting will take place August 27-September 1, 2005, in Montpellier,France http://worldbiophysics2005.sfbiophys.org/. This travel grant provides young scientists, many of whom do not have the institutional funding for such travel, an opportunity to present their research and learn of important new advances in biophysics in an international forum. Organized as a combined program of plenary sessions, invited symposia, paper discussions, and poster sessions, it is estimated that the congress will attract over 1,000 scientists. Travel grants will be offered to investigators in the early stages of their careers. An announcement of the travel grant program will be sent to biophysics departments and placed in society newsletters and web pages in January 2005. The U.S. National Committee will evaluate and rank the applications based on scientific merit of the submitted abstract, the candidate's publication history, and plans for engaging in other research meetings or activities in conjunction with the trip to France. Special attention will be paid to the inclusion of grantees from traditionally underrepresented groups. Researchers from all fields of biophysics will be considered, from the molecular level up to integrated systems and organisms. Intellectual Merit International congresses provide young investigators with a unique educational experience that can have a lasting impact on their research careers, including possibilities for international collaboration. The meeting provides a forum for scientists to meet foreign colleagues working in the same and related fields, leading to working relationships and lifelong scientific interactions. Speakers range from early career scientists to leading researchers who have the opportunity not only to present their research to a multinational audience, but also to expand their international networks. Through this travel grant program, young investigators will have the the opportunity to listen to distinguished international scientists discuss the most current research across the breadth of biophysics and to interact with them in an informal setting. Broader Impact International congresses also provide young scientists with diverse perspectives on research being done internationally, including in developing countries, and the impact of biophysics research worldwide. The interactions that will result from this travel grant program are expected to promote international cooperation and exchange of ideas, leading to scientific advances that are difficult to achieve in isolation.